Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology University of Caen Normandy in France

The University of Caen Normandy is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity for a 16-month, full-time appointment starting 1 November 2026 . The role is based in Caen, France, and is open to international candidates, with regular on-site presence expected at key stages of the project. The successful candidate will contribute to a research programme on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion coordinated by Milena Doytcheva . The work is centered on qualitative research an...

Post-doctorate on the ‘revolving doors’ of European and national political elites at the University of Strasbourg , based in the SAGE Joint Research Unit (CNRS, University of Strasbourg) in Strasbourg, France. This is a 24-month full-time postdoctoral position starting on 1 December 2026 . The post sits within the Infiltrates project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation , a comparative research programme examining influence, elite trajectories, and wealth inequality across Germany, France, and t...

Call for applications for a postdoctoral contract from the Alliance Paris Lumières , jointly involving the University of Paris 8 and the University of Paris Nanterre . The opportunity is open to recent PhD graduates who defended their thesis between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2026 , regardless of their university of origin and whether they earned the doctorate in France or abroad. This year’s call is also open to PhD holders from Paris 8 and Paris Nanterre under specific hosting rules: Paris 8...

The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at Sciences Po, Paris is recruiting a PhD candidate to join the ERC-funded project DISEQUAL: The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle , led by Prof. Mirna Safi . The project examines how discrimination and inequality reinforce one another across countries, regions, and workplaces, with a particular focus on gender and ethnoracial groups, and on settings such as hiring and rental housing. DISEQUAL combines sociology, economics, political science, a...

18-month postdoctoral position in Radical Communities: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Alternative Methods (COMMRAD) at Aix-Marseille Université , based at the Centre Norbert Elias in Marseille, France. The project explores contemporary political formations seeking systemic transformation in the context of democratic erosion, climate crisis, and authoritarian resurgence. It combines political science , political theory , philosophy , anthropology , communication studies , visual arts , media st...